Hello,
I have really loving memories from my other grows, links in my sig:
The grow space
Space is limited, garden shed (2m/6,5' length x 1,2m/4' width) has typical house angled roof, lower height is 157cm/5', so will need to prop the tent (whose height is 160cm/5,2') by not positioning it against the back "wall", or try to add some height to the shed. Probably will go with leaving space from the wall for better heat isolation.
Temperatures here are around 30C in Spring and early Autumn (40C in Summer), so heat is going to be a battlefront. Will possibly stop flowering on Summer, and keep the moms the best I could during summer periods.
I've already run a cable from main house to the shed (stealthy) to bring electicity, will probably set up a wood panel hung on a shed (which is metallic) "wall" with DIN mounted power sockets, protection, etc.
Seedlings/Cloning/Vegging tent.
This is a 60x40x60cm Secret Jardin tent (23x15x23in).
Lightning is provided by using a 55W Fuorescent PLL fixture, will probably suplement or replace it with the previous 140W HML; PLL to keep moms, PLL+HML for vegging clones and mature seedlings.
Ventilation: DC fan.
Ultrasonic Humidifier.
Hand watering.
Flowering tent
80x80x160 (31x31x62in) Secret Jardin Hydro Shoot 80.
Lightning:
Gavita Digistar Dimmable 250/400W electronic ballast
Gavita 400W HPS Enhanced Flower Lamp
Prima Klima Spudnik 125mm cooled hood
4x CREE COBs on HML fixtures mounted with repurposed clamped gooseneck holders at the corners (about 160W, 40W each)
I invested on a quality dimmable ballast, and a cooled hood, as temperature will be tricky. This way I can play with 250-440W HPS (which will provide between 33000 - 55000 lumens at canopy level) along with the 4 COBs, which should provide about 17000-21000 lumens.
Possible combinations:
- Combo full blast: 160W + 440W = 600W, 81000lumens
- Full combo: 160W + 400W = 71000 lumens
- Mid combo: 160W + 275W (435W)
- Low combo: 160 + 250W (410W)
- HPS alone: 250W
- HML: 160W
Ventilation:
RVK Sileo 125 A1 (5", 240m3/h)
Mounted following this: Scrubber -> Extractor -> Cooled Hood -> Exhaust to Outside. No heat through the inline FAN, lesser odour probabilities in case of a leak.
Culture: 100% coco in pots, Jungle Juice nutes 6/9 Micro/Bloom (H3ad), automatic watering using passive Blumat system.
Grow
Currently seedling three regular Mandala Seeds' strains:
4x Beyond the Brain
3x Krystallyca
3x Kalichakra
Intend to veg them, cut a couple micro clones of each prior to putting to flower.
Once girls show sex, will cull male clones, and keep the rest; once girls are smoke-tested, will keep the worthy moms, then run their clones in SOG along with seedlings in the flower tent to keep searching for exceptional moms.
Waiting eagerly for your suggestions and / or opinions!
I have really loving memories from my other grows, links in my sig:
- First one was the "easiest" (stealth cab + regular sized tent (1x1x2m) in a basement).
- Second one, the understairs stealth micro grow, was a nice experience, but I'm fond on "high performance" sativas, and the HML didn't really cut it. Ventilation was lacking, so HPS wasn't an option.
- Here comes take three: I'm setting up everything inside a garden shed, and will use HPS+HML Cree COBs for flower.
The twist for this take: using Mycodo for PID environment control and remote monitoring/management of the veg, flower and drying chambers (control humidifiers/dehumidifier/intraction/extraction/circulation/CO2/Lights). Will open a seperate thread to log all the build phase (including sourcing parts, etc) and progress and link it from this post.
The grow space
Space is limited, garden shed (2m/6,5' length x 1,2m/4' width) has typical house angled roof, lower height is 157cm/5', so will need to prop the tent (whose height is 160cm/5,2') by not positioning it against the back "wall", or try to add some height to the shed. Probably will go with leaving space from the wall for better heat isolation.
Temperatures here are around 30C in Spring and early Autumn (40C in Summer), so heat is going to be a battlefront. Will possibly stop flowering on Summer, and keep the moms the best I could during summer periods.
I've already run a cable from main house to the shed (stealthy) to bring electicity, will probably set up a wood panel hung on a shed (which is metallic) "wall" with DIN mounted power sockets, protection, etc.
Seedlings/Cloning/Vegging tent.
This is a 60x40x60cm Secret Jardin tent (23x15x23in).
Lightning is provided by using a 55W Fuorescent PLL fixture, will probably suplement or replace it with the previous 140W HML; PLL to keep moms, PLL+HML for vegging clones and mature seedlings.
Ventilation: DC fan.
Ultrasonic Humidifier.
Hand watering.
Flowering tent
80x80x160 (31x31x62in) Secret Jardin Hydro Shoot 80.
Lightning:
Gavita Digistar Dimmable 250/400W electronic ballast
Gavita 400W HPS Enhanced Flower Lamp
Prima Klima Spudnik 125mm cooled hood
4x CREE COBs on HML fixtures mounted with repurposed clamped gooseneck holders at the corners (about 160W, 40W each)
I invested on a quality dimmable ballast, and a cooled hood, as temperature will be tricky. This way I can play with 250-440W HPS (which will provide between 33000 - 55000 lumens at canopy level) along with the 4 COBs, which should provide about 17000-21000 lumens.
Possible combinations:
- Combo full blast: 160W + 440W = 600W, 81000lumens
- Full combo: 160W + 400W = 71000 lumens
- Mid combo: 160W + 275W (435W)
- Low combo: 160 + 250W (410W)
- HPS alone: 250W
- HML: 160W
Ventilation:
RVK Sileo 125 A1 (5", 240m3/h)
Mounted following this: Scrubber -> Extractor -> Cooled Hood -> Exhaust to Outside. No heat through the inline FAN, lesser odour probabilities in case of a leak.
Culture: 100% coco in pots, Jungle Juice nutes 6/9 Micro/Bloom (H3ad), automatic watering using passive Blumat system.
Grow
Currently seedling three regular Mandala Seeds' strains:
4x Beyond the Brain
3x Krystallyca
3x Kalichakra
Intend to veg them, cut a couple micro clones of each prior to putting to flower.
Once girls show sex, will cull male clones, and keep the rest; once girls are smoke-tested, will keep the worthy moms, then run their clones in SOG along with seedlings in the flower tent to keep searching for exceptional moms.
Waiting eagerly for your suggestions and / or opinions!
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